MAURICIO POCHETTINO has revealed his love of the Game of Thrones.
And it’s not just the Tottenham Hotspur boss… the whole Spurs’ coaching staff is hooked on the fantasy series.
They all like to watch the programme together as their way of relaxing away from the pressures of the Premier League.
A jovial Pochettino told the BBC his backroom boys staff spend until two or three o’clock in the morning watching the television series.
“All the coaching staff are very focused on watching the Game of Thrones,” he said.
“There is time for football and there is time for the Game of Thrones – then there is only time left for the family!”
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When quizzed about bout which character best describes him, Pochettino insisted: “I’m not Jon Snow“.
He added with a smile: “I am a dragon, brave and very strong!”
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The Argentine reckoned to more like a mystical creature than the characters of the Game of Thrones.
His Spurs’ players have yet to be asked whether they prefer the boss as he is or if they would rather he were a piece of fiction!
To date there have been seven Games of Thrones seasons aired on HBO television station.
The fictional Jon Snow has true parentage kept from him.
He is declared King of the North after building an army with his cousin Sansa Stark.
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Snow, played by Kit Katington, successfully captures a wight [creatures whose dismembered parts remain animated, so they must be destroyed by fire].
He presents it to the Lannisters, who rule over the Westerlands, as proof that the Army of the Dead is real,
Jon then pledges himself and his army to Daenerys Targaryen, Rhaegar’s sister, and steps down as King of the North.
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